Richard Strauss (1864-1949) :
Don Quixote, Op.35
Till Eulenspiegel lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Don Quixote is the last but one in the series of tone poems that Strauss wrote during the 1880's and '90's. It was composed in 1897, a year after Also Sprach Zarathustra and a year before Ein Heldenleben. the work is scored for large orchestra, including six horns and a tenor tuba; the list of percussion instruments includes a wind machine. The overall form consists of an Introduction, a Theme followed by Ten Variations and a Finale.

The "golden age" of recordings was from 1955 to 1965, at the beginning of the LP and the stereo era, where pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and illumination.

This Testament Records LP, revived from the EMI-Columbia catalogue, was remastered at EMI Abbey Road Studios in London, using pure analogue components only, from the original studio tapes through to the cutting head, and was pressed at Pallas.